was I surprised TAYLOR McKIMENS did such a great job of ‘installing’ Kathy’s inaugural show ? no way.
and in fact I had seen a ‘mini’ version of his new painting !! – in this little mini book he gave me last Spring.
this is the book laid flat – back cover & front cover.
it’s all of 4 sheets stapled together – with 2 staples !! – in the center. the book laid flat is 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 in. !!
(closed it’s 2 x 2-3/4 in. !!)
check out Taylor’s trademark – fly !! – at the top right hand corner.
the large painting in the ‘NOT QUITE OPEN FOR BUSINESS’ show – is the centerfold !!
here’s another ‘spread sheet’ – is it that supposed to be Taylor – on the right ?
Taylor comes from the deep South West !!
for more, check out his: website !!
more golden oldies !!
TAYLOR McKIMENS IN HIS BROOKLYN STUDIO. JUNE 2007.
MISAKI KAWAI, in pal TAYLOR McKIMENS’ STUDIO, BROOKLYN. JUNE 2007.
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~TAYLOR McKIMENS/mini me !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2010, 11:30am
IMAGE COURTESY: MISAKI KAWAI STUDIO
it was fun to see Misaki’s work in the THE HOLE inaugural show – esp because Kathy Grayson’s curatorial sensibilities tend to tilt to the very intense, and even grotesque !! and wow – guys it’s summertime !! doesn’t that count for anything – !!
talking about Misaki – her studio has just put a new limited edition handmade zine – ‘Secret Scrap’ !! In a small of edition of just 50, it is compiled from her drawings and “handmade scrap collage” !! it’s 24 pages, 4-1/2 x 6 in. produced in color ink jet and rope bound for $20 !!
you can see more about it on her website: MISAKI KAWAI/SECRET SCRAP !!
in fact her website is a nice summertime cruise: MISAKI KAWAI !!
SECRET SCRAP COVER/IMAGE COURTESY: MISAKI KAWAI STUDIO.
FLASH – FROM – THE PAST !! talk about GOLDEN OLDIES !!
here’s a couple of early pix of MISAKI – in HER BROOKLYN STUDIO, taken JUNE 2007 !!
PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~MISAKI KAWAI/SECRET SCRAP !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 30th, 2010, 10:43am
yes, that HOLE OPENING – to-nite – is the KATHY GRAYSON & PALS – inaugural opening !!
104 GREENE ST bet PRINCE & SPRING in SOHO . . . SAT JUNE 26, 2010 / 6-9 !!
and yep, a lot of people are calling the title of the gallery – more than – a slight tad unfortunate !!
kind of in that sad AUREL SCHMIDT take – when she’s in that desperately seeking attention mode . . . know what I mean ??
. . . and, if you think the title is a bad omen of things to come – and why are those smart ass girls so defensive – when we know they are bad ass to the core – check out the first image on their press release/website. LOL. well, wow – thank god they changed that (previously posted) sleazy one. the new one is actually way better. well but wait. maybe it does come round – as the images do seem to revolve. you’ll know it – when you see it – beer froth (??) on a butt naked Barbie doll-type butt on the (clean) beach with a Freudian beer bottle – is the best way to put it. art from behind, get it ??
catch: ART FROM BEHIND !!
& catch: the first 2 press releases on the gallery’s minimalist, way cool website !!
actually – the ‘button’ logo reminds us of PATRICK GRIFFIN’S work – and if he’s on the agenda – then – things are looking up. . . it’s also maybe the best way to say HOLE GALLERY, which is, by not !! the fact that this first – ‘NOT QUITE OPEN FOR BUSINESS’ – exhibit, a group show of “unfinished art, unfinished poems and unfinished symphonies” – has been handed over to TAYLOR McKIMENS to pull off !! – and which promises over 20 local artists !! just might make it – a reason to celebrate summer in the hot grimy gritty city – to-nite !! one thing’s for sure – everybody is gonna be watching, to see – if – they can pull it off.
but, more to the point – I wonder if they’re gonna be able to pull off – some booze ?? and I don’t mean beer. I guess frozen Margaritas – in plastic cups – might be asking for too much ??!!
Rob Pruitt – where are ya – when we need ya most ?
UP-DATE: SUNDAY JUNE 27, 2010 – 10:30 AM
MY BAD !! & PIX FROM THE OPENING – WHICH WAS DRY, AND HOT – BUT FUN ANYWAY, IN A DARK KIND OF WAY. . .
my bad !!
AUREL SCHMIDT finally gets – raw – right !! and we all know – that is the true meaning of: hole !!
oh you bad girrrls !! when I got home – there was big doc on COURTNEY LOVE playing out on MTV !!
self portrait by AUREL SCHMIDT, ‘For Lucien’, 2010. pencil and colored pencil on paper. 7 x 10 in.
what helped – was that she went against grain, keeping the image small – in a room full of ego-sized pieces . . as well, the perspective, duh, and color aspects – transcended any easy sleaze write-off. even from moi.
former DEITCH DIRECTOR & now: THE HOLE DEAL – in her own right – super curator of the dark, she hopes (!!) – KATHY GRAYSON and the show’s design heart – TAYLOR McKIMENS !!
my bad, again. Taylor did not organize the show – it’s all Kathy curated thru and thru – and pretty predictable as such, but that’s ok – if it means 20 more talent plus artists – get their work shown . . . the big apple is big enough. Taylor designed and produced the installation !! a big, can we say: BOBO !! inspired – riff on ‘construction’ materials left lying around after the fact !! great break-up of the space !! great off-key hues. pretty funny. well actually, pretty comic !! that pale green plank of wood behind Aurel’s drawing above – completely f-a-u-x !! – and, Taylor McKimens produced !!
and, just what the doc called for – cause otherwise, except for this high ceiling-ed going nowhere alcove in the very front, the exhibition space proper – was pretty much – just a hole in the wall – with low ceilings and narrow at that that. with ugly exposed brick walls. hey, space is space – eat your heart out !!
yep – that’s a STEVE POWERS enamel on aluminum sign – 20 x 8 ft.
it says: ‘If You Were Here I’d Be Home Now’ !!
there was no way to step back and get a full shot. in fact – hooray for sites that can’t be photographed – you couch potato – you’ve got to get off your butt – and get there to see it for yourself. its gorgeous . . .
guess that wall – might function as a kind of a ‘guest’ alcove for large, narrow pieces ?
then the show proper started – with a sweet note, and probably thanks to Taylor – MISAKI KAWAI, ‘White Fluffy’, 2008. acrylic on canvas . 202 x 20 in.
(sorry guys – there were no prices on the public / price list ??)
TAYLOR McKIMENS. ok I bet you finally start to hear a lot about Taylor, aside from forever being beamed up – outta these pages – with this large painting. it’s found pretty much at the end of the somewhat winding exhibit, and shows that a genius piece can be exhibited in what look looks like a former office warren with low ceilings and still soar. white box gallery or not . . . I’m still calling Taylor the Jackson Pollock of his generation. period. drips. get it ?
yep, she’s blowing bubbles – amidst the drips !!
Taylor’s pal – Philly-based MATT LEINES – had a nice wall too – his work looked great splayed out on the faux McKIMENS pegboard !!
CANADA’S MICHAEL WILLIAMS had a show stopping piece – as well.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ‘Unfinished Face’, 2010. oil on unprimed canvas. 52 x 68 in.
on the right – ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT had a very cool – piece in the show too.
with him MARIA and NOAH LYON. if you are in STOCKHOLM – you can catch the last week of Noah’s show at STENE PROJECTS !! and/or you catch a nice head trip by hitting his website: RETARD RIOT !!
ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT , ‘Art Blog’ !!
you gotta love it. or what !!
even SWEENEY had a great piece in the show – loved that it was – star shaped portrait !!
detail, SPENCER SWEENEY. ‘Yet To Be Titled’. 2010. mixed media on canvas.
5 pointed star at 47 x 47 in.
IO. and yes, she had work in the show too.
raw looking photographs.
what would a KATHY GRAYSON show – be – without ROSSON CROW !!
with her on the left: L.A. dealer HONOR FRASER.
up close and beautiful: HONOR FRASER and ROSSON CROW.
there were several large ROSSON CROW paintings in the show – this was my fave.
and in that back room alleyway – alongside the ROSSON CROW and TAYLOR McKIMENS canvases – guess who ??
BARRY McGEE – a mechanized ‘tagger’ !!
albeit a slight bit – rickety – but a true beaut . . . no doubt about it.
maybe you could have him work on it a few more hours – make it slightly more hardy.
my bad !! – it’s gets the last word – on THE HOLE – from us !!
ALL PHOTOS – COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
~THE HOLE INAUGURAL SHOW OPENS/TO-NITE & MY BAD !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 26th, 2010, 1:12pm
AMY GARTRELL, and best bud – PATTERSON BECKWITH, arrive at the opening of Amy’s new show, ‘Whatever and Ever’ at DANIEL REICH. Sat, May 22, 2010. the show runs thru June 26, 2010
Amy’s show just got a sweet review in the NEW YORK TIMES !!
see: AMY GATRELL/KAREN ROSENBERG/THE NEW YORK TIMES/JUNE 18, 2010 !!
NOTE: THE SHOW JUST GOT EXTENDED – THRU JULY 17 !!
AMY greets long time pal – SPENCER SWEENEY, at the opening.
SPENCER SWEENEY .. . said to have done very well at BASEL – with big-time names like PETER BRANT and VAL KILMER – thrown into the mix !!
one of Amy’s flower photo collages, 2009. 25.5 x 19 in. ($5,000).
Amy told me – she puts the actual objects onto the scanner bed – to get the effects she is looking for – a kind of hyper realism – that actually goes very romantic.
AMY GARTRELL, ‘Couple’, 2010. ink on paper.
8.25 x 8.75 in. ($2,000).
detail, AMY GARTRELL, ‘Couple’.
one of the more unusual pieces is a kind of modernist dollhouse – that riffs off the modernist designs Amy has painted directly onto the gallery walls. it comes on a very stylized pedestal !!
AMY GARTRELL, ‘Compartmentalization is Cool’, 2010. Glazed ceramics, model chair, MDF, acrylic.
54 x 18 x 18 in. ($8,000).
on the right, gallerist DANIEL REICH basking in the cool summer eve of last month’s so reasonable weather !!
with him, artist/photog GRANT WORTH.
CYRUS has brought along his pet plant !! it’s a violet – and when he is not out and about – he hangs it from a hook in his Brooklyn garden !!
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – JUNE 22, 2010 8:55 AM
PHOTOS: COPYRIGHT NANCY SMITH
~AMY GARTRELL/LAST WEEK . . |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 22nd, 2010, 8:34am
well, there’s fame – and then, there’s F-A-M-E !!
NICK ANDERSON/6-17-10/HOUSTON CHRONICLE CARTOON – ON NEW YORK POST’S – PAGE SIX – JUNE 18, 2010
SHEPARD FAIREY, ‘JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT’, the poster image for Shepard Fairey’s recently closed show at DEITCH PROJECTS, titled ‘MAYDAY’.
HOPE to S.O.S. – nice symmetry or what ?
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – JUNE 22, 2010 8:15 AM
PHOTOS: COPYRIGHT NANCY SMITH
~SHEPARD FAIREY: FULL CIRCLE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 22nd, 2010, 8:15am
HALF FAME !! HAVE FAME !! AIN’T FAME – A BITCH ??!!
more pix . . . from the HALF GALLERY – ‘A WAYS A WAY’ opening . . . curated by MEREDITH DARROW and DEVENDRA BANHART. LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC. JUNE 8, 2010.
a small painting by KEEGAN McHARGUE. ‘Untitled’, 2007.
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 26 in. ($6,000.)
yes. that’s Half Gallery co-owner, and BRAVO game show ‘judge’ – BILL POWERS on the left.
the show featured an arrangement of new, and curious !! DEVENDRA BANHART works on paper . . . they were small, in the range of 12 x 9 in. , and very intense. eyeballs – that could almost be taken for, well – bullet holes. very different from the works of his, we have seen in the past, which were mostly spidery line and dot and dash drawings. and usually incorporating words – and done only in black ink. these were in color and had full color spectrum-inducing backgrounds. gouache and pencil on paper. the price range ? approx $1,800. not bad, at all.
my advice, scoop one up – before they blink !!
next to Devendra’s work – was another series of attention-grabbing – graphic pencil and gouache drawings by ADAM TULLIE. gorgeous, and mysterious !!, on their own terms – they made me immediately consider just how bizarre and unpredictable a turn – Devendra had taken. the works, again seemed as priced as close to the bone as one could get – $1,200 – and still be (almost) fair to the artist. it’s definitely a buyer’s market. I mean these are unique and very complicated pieces – and very complex ones at that – not prints. a decade ago, these would be print (multiple edition) prices !!
the artist behind those very intense drawings, was at the opening – ADAM TULLIE. He had just come in from Los Angeles, where, funny great fact – he is a roommate of Devendra’s !! guess that makes him, most enviably – just one degree of separation from the flame of fame – in what most certainly must be the very epicenter of cool and creativity in good ole San Francisco.
outside, artnet scribe CHARLIE FINCH was basking in the fame of local pundit glory !!
with him is KATE CERIGO, whom he has known ever since she was a tiny tot – running around many a downtown opening in the 80’s – including those of BASQUIAT and HARING – a true downtown, Rivington and the Bowery, Lower East Side storefront artist-bred kid !!
p.s. people keep asking Kate about her necklace !!
it’s a gold-plated punched hole template – a riff off those plastic canvas and yarn projects of camp days past – that comes in a kind of new age kit with a needle and some yarn, and you embroider your own design !! (yeah, I did Kate’s – well we collaborated – she put in some stitches too, how fun !!)
check it out – its put out by: return to me !!
then Charlie took me and Kate over to his favorite nite-time after-opening hang out – the BABY GRAND – !! – 161 Lafayette corner of Grand St. (duh !!) which just happens to be one tiny sweet slice of a Karaoke !! bar !! and, who knew – a star is born !!
Elvis in the house !! CHARLIE FINCH – warbles righteous !!
I guess – a finch is a finch is a finch !!
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – SAT JUNE, 19, 2010 9:27 AM
ALL PHOTOS: COPYRIGHT NANCY SMITH
~HALF FAME !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 19th, 2010, 10:26am
BILL POWERS and MEREDITH DARROW, at the HALF GALLERY, NYC. JUNE 8, 2010
PHOTO BY NANCY SMITH
BILL POWERS, with independent curator MEREDITH DARROW, at the opening of ‘A WAYS A WAY’ a small but way totally intense show, curated by MEREDITH DARROW and DEVENDRA BANHART !!
the show opened last night, June 8, 2010 at the HALF GALLERY, of which Bill is a co-owner, 208 FORSYTH ST. on the Lower East Side – just south of Houston.
the show featured strong and, I suppose you could say – elegant – but very visual – work by 8 artists – more pix from the opening coming up – soon !!
in the meantime, you can check out: HALF GALLERY !!
(and, no Devendra wasn’t there – he is on tour !!)
BILL POWERS looks to be one cool dude – and let’s hope so for his sake – as the NYC art world – or so they say !! looks to take its place of pride besides other talent search shows, cooks ? models ? housewives ? Jersey boys ? on the BRAVO Channel – with its debut broadcast tonight – WED JUNE 9, at 10PM/9PMCentral !!
first off I have to tell ya – and Kate will attest – I am a huge huge fan of the HOUSEWIVES – all of them !! meaning ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK CITY and NEW JERSEY !! and yes, I too marvel – at what comes out of KELLY BENSIMON’S mouth !! but hey, its obviously – give me beauty over content – rules – or I’d be on it – instead of my bit turn in WE LIVE IN PUBLIC !! !! and I love love the JERSEY SHORE !! but I do hate all those top talent model / fashion designer / cook shows.
from the advance clips – slipped in while TERESA GIUDICE buys her darling little GIA, who just turned 9 – a tot-sized ATV – and treats her and her pint-sized pals to an all-pink spa birthday party !! (hey and I like Gia – she’s cute, and funny. and she’s pretty real, till her mom gives her the shuush signal !! – for a pint-sized reality star. and what about that NEW JERSEY accent – you go girl – keep it !!) – while TERESA and husband JOE are being outed in the press for their $11 MILLION BANKRUPTCY FILING !! – tell me about it, Joe.
. . . “WORK OF ART” – executive produced by SARAH JESSICA PARKER – looking to being called a loser twice-over this season – promises to be, not just lame, but seriously wannabe – esp in the ‘art’ talent department. and JERRY SALTZ – never the rolling stone last word on the art scene – he likes to think he is – esp among anyone I know – oh my god – a turn on national T.V. might just close him down, and hopefully not the whole NYC art scene with him. memo to Jerry – a star turn on Bravo T.V. – does not a star is born ? – make !!
ok ok – I am gonna watch it – and if I’ve been unjustifiably unkind – I’ll own up !! but hands down I bet – Bill Powers is gonna be the only – cool kid on the block.
from the left: JEANNE GREENBERG (HEIRESS/GALLERIST), JERRY SALTZ (art critic/NEW YORK MAG), the generic hostess, BILL POWERS (HALF GALLERY CO-OWNER), and SIMON de PURY (founder of the auction house that bears his name).
see: BRAVO T.V. !!
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – WED JUNE 9, 2010 4:37 PM
UP-DATE: WED JUNE 9, 2010 10:06 PM
look like they’ve been bumped 1 hr. up, or is that back ?
. . . according to most the current schedule on BRAVOTV – the debut hour of ‘WORK OF ART: THE NEXT GREAT ARTIST’ is on at 11 PM.
UP-DATE: WED JUNE 9, 2010 12:02 AM
well. it wasn’t that bad, or as bad as I thought, it would be. Jerry actually handles himself pretty well, though he usually isn’t one for “skills” – and this was one very skill-based test. a portrait. abstraction and conceptualism did not rule. He had the best line – “I think you are being a little defensive.” !! BILL POWERS had the greatest suit on. everyone seemed a little formal – the first time through the gate. put it this way – no one. not a one, cracked a joke or a smile. I guess its the Trump factor. Sarah Jessica Parker – the most pro – on-a-stage – came across the most self-conscious, funny right. ok and sorry for the generic host bit, CHINA CHOW. though truthfully she didn’t have much to say. (and I kept thinking about those after-parties, HARING and BASQUIAT, SCHNABEL and SALLE – at MR CHOW’S back in the early 80s !! flashbacks that cast a harsh light on these Newest Nextest Greatest proceedings. let’s not even go there. SIMON de PURY was helped by his accent – in his TOM GUNN role. He did in fact make some pretty down-to-earth assessments. Him and that great striped, multi-hued pin-striped wallpaper. JEANNE GREENBERG came down right on the side of trendy.
In what looks like they are taking a cue from AMERICAN IDOL – the talent seems to be going to judged by ability to genre. would I watch it again ? – maybe just to see how genre splitting and obvious – the next task will be. the winner was too much the cute kid for me. I like the the big round guy in the blue shirt the best. no disrespect – am I allowed to say that. I forget his name – he did the portrait of the clown guy – I liked how he photo-shopped his realist portrait – with beat-up-ness, bruises and spelled out ‘kitten’ on his subject’s fingers, but mostly, truthfully, I just liked his manner and what he said – he was a nice ‘big easy’ for a change. the girls were too diva and mostly reminded me of the fashion runway shows with Heidi.
the best part of the night ? the DREW BARRYMORE ‘covergirl’ commercial on the TOP CHEF finale !! caught while waiting for ‘NEXT GREAT ARTIST’ to spool. BRAVO is actually a great place to catch the hottest trends. their ads are looking more and more web-based everyday.
actually the key to the show’s ultimate irrelevancy has to be that unfortunate and played-out – turquoise – of the show’s logo – it shoulda been – a deep bright red !!
and forget Sarah Jessica Parker or even that hint of the up-coming mystery guest, ANDRE
SERRANO. I’d like to see Banksy come on and demolish the proceedings. maybe with RUSSELL BRAND in tow !! nope. the show just ain’t top talent, I’ll stick with the housewives, thank you. and the movies.
~BILL POWERS !! BRAVO !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 9th, 2010, 4:34pm
DARLA ROSE – RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR – BROOKLYN, NY – JUNE 5, 2010
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH
DARLA ROSE is a friend of Kate’s – they both graduated a few summers ago from the Graphic Design/BFA Program at S.V.A. – turns out DARLA is also a musician, singer, and songwriter !!
so – here’s a sweet respite – from a gloomy rainy day – in NYC !!
watch: DARLA ROSE/NUMBER 1/YouTube !!
beautiful, or what !!
here’s Darla’s MySpace page – for more !! !!
like many young New Yorkers, Darla has an interesting background – her dad is GLEN BURTNIK – who played with STYX – in the early days and who has gone on to do some really interesting things.
see: GLEN BURTNIK/WIKIPEDIA !!
check out this a-m-a-z-i-n-g clip !!
it’s Darla and her dad, with her siblings, Sally and Beau – singing at Glen Burtnik’s 2007 Xmas Xtravaganza – Count Basie Theater, Red bank, N.J. !!
watch: GLEN BURTNIK & THE BURTNIX !! at Count Basie Theater !!
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – WED JUNE 9, 2010 3:47 PM
~DARLA ROSE !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 9th, 2010, 3:47pm
the 6th annual RENEGADE ART FAIR – in WILLIAMSBURG – wasn’t quite that RENEGADE – but there were enough fun spots & high points to make the trip worthwhile. esp if you had knocked back a couple of BLOODY MARYS at any one of BROOKLYN’S great little diners !! – before getting there.
hi, Kate !!
gold ‘grill’ ring – VERAMEAT .
clay and ‘gold’ paper bowls – UP IN THE AIR SOMEWHERE.
crystal and braid necklaces – CURSIVE DESIGN.
very fun: laptop decals for Macs – SUZIE AUTOMATIC.ETSY.COM / $5-$25.
apple of my eye – $7. SUZIE AUTOMATIC.
SUZIE AUTOMATIC.
SUZIE AUTOMATIC.
SUZIE AUTOMATIC.
re-usable sandwich wrapper, $9 – chez-sucre-chez.
gorgeous yarn – BROWNSTONE FARMS BROOKLYN.
BROWNSTONE FARMS also had one of the nicest banners.
beautiful hand knit hats at – yes jess.
they were pretty fairly priced all things considered, this one was $38.
some ‘evil’ bunnies – $20 – McBitterson’s.
very cool – UZINYC.
more cool fashion at – POSTLAPSARIA.
also at POSTLAPSARIA – $75.
skulls – “SAKE WILL HELP” !! – says one – MQUAN.
small pillows – snowdrop.etsy.com
snowdrop.etsy.com
snowdrop.etsy.com
an array of letterpress designs – SESAME LETTERPRESS & DESIGN.
anything animal – that isn’t a pelican – coated in vile black oil goo – makes me happy.
SESAME LETTERPRESS & DESIGN.
letterpress is so fun to handle. SESAME LETTERPRESS & DESIGN.
the people behind – SESAME LETTERPRESS & DESIGN . .
KATE & NORA – say good-bye from the RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR.
McCARREN PARK, BROOKLYN. JUNE 5 & 6, 2010
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: NANCY SMITH
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – TUES JUNE 8, 2010 1:22 PM
~at the FAIR !! |
Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | June 8th, 2010, 1:22pm
CHARLIE FINCH, what the hell were you thinking . . .”Post-boom, the contemporary art season has reverted to its traditional school-year trajectory of September to June … “summing up the season”/artnet
it’s turning out to be the biggest scariest summer on record – what with the big oil spill – and it’s moving Atlantic coast ways, guys – and the wipe-out here at home – tech-wise on artlovers !! at least I’m not gushing oil into the global oceans – but it’s funny – it’s kind of the inverse tragedy – due to tech deepwaters – aka server upgrade – I’m losing the ability to maintain my archives – at least to open public access on the web !! can we call that the inverse of pollution ? I think so. the very REV LUKE MURPHY – has just managed to keep a small stream of internet juice open to my photos & text !! but at least I have a PLAN B !! – I just don’t have the corporate dough – to do it all at once. . . those guys – supposedly the biggest brains in the world among them ?? – can’t fix their toxic black water disaster – for love or money. . . and the art world sure ain’t sleeping through it – its just picking up the beat – harder, faster and hotter – than the sleepy town – you’d have thunk NYC – to be – without me !! from one of the (now !!) biggest Manhattan galleries – GAVIN BROWN’S ENTERPRISE – to the lowliest of the newest Brooklyn artist-run gallery collectives – LOUIS V. E.S.P. – scary innovation scenarios – are – the cutting edge !! welcome to the scary angry, but way COOL !! new world. the SHEPARD FAIREY – MAYDAY call – is done and over – and there is no fix in site – reality has set in – and it’s one big bad MOEBIUS global moment – welcome to the future. summer 2010. and the art scene in NYC – sleepy and over – ? – it sure as hell ain’t !!
the medium is the message, and the message is: it’s a brave new world – get with it !! ya gotta be super smart. scrambled but scary-good. with messed-up black waters in the cultural consciousness – everybody’s gotta aim green !! the artists gotta be quick on their feet if they want to be relevant – and the gallerists – have to be so so right on. everything is crucial. everything is performance art. all gallery space is performance and performance art is dead. trivial tripping, hello P.S. 1 – is so – not there. been there, done that – over.
the summer heat starts at GBE !!
if you don’t believe me – a picture is worth a thousand words !!
SPOILER ALERT !!
‘GO VEGAN!’ – & – ‘MARTIN CREED’ (Part I and 2 !!)
run thru JUNE 19, 2010
GAVIN BROWN’S ENTERPRISE
‘GO VEGAN!’ – JONATHAN HOROWITZ/GBE/LA FREIDA MEATS
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
MARTIN CREED/GBE/new annex
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
then over in BROOKLYN !!
the tiny brave new world artist collective – LOUIS V. E.S.P. brings you:
MISFORTUNE COMES !! – ’36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS’ – a big group show !!
organized by SCOTT KIERNAN !!
the big opening reception nite party was Memorial Day weekend – but you can still catch the fun – by appointment only – thru JUNE 11, 2010 !!
LOUIS V. E. S. P.
DERIC CARNER/IMAGE COURTESY LOUIS V. E.S.P.
PETER COFFIN/IMAGE COURTESY LOUIS V. E.S.P.
INVITE IMAGE/LOUIS V. E.S.P.
. . . as they say it righteous, on their press release:
~Supplication~Deliverance~Crime pursued by vengeance~Vengeance taken for kin upon kin~Pursuit~Disaster~Falling prey to cruelty/misfortune~Revolt~Daring enterprise~Abduction-The enigma~Obtaining~Enmity of kin~Rivalry of kin~Murderous adultery~Madness~Fatal imprudence~(BP take note !!)~Involuntary crimes of love~Slaying of kin unrecognized~Self-sacrifice for an ideal~Self-sacrifice for kin~All sacrificed for passion~Necessity of sacrificing loved ones~Rivalry of superior vs. inferior~Adultery~Crimes of love~Discovery of the dishonour of a loved one~Obstacles to love~An enemy loved~Ambition~Conflict with a god~Mistaken jealousy~Erroneous judgement~remorse~Recovery of a lost one~Loss of loved ones~ !!
“now to this declared fact that there are no more than thirty-six dramatic situations, is attached a singular corollary, the discovery that there are in life but thirty-six emotions. A maximum of thirty-six emotions, and therein we have all r the savor of existence…” – GEORGES POITI, “The Thirty-Six Dramatic Solutions”, 1916.
and – OPENING TO-NITE – !!
FRI JUNE 4, 2010 !! 7-10 PM !! – – – – – – in BROOKLYN !! – – – – – – –
in WILLIAMSBURG. . .
we have BRIAN CHIPPENDALE – ‘FRUITING BODIES’ – !! (no less !!) – at CINDERS !!
the show runs thru JULY 3, 2010
CINDERS
from the press release:
“What lies behind the Black Hole, does Disney truly know ? When the chips are finished and the human brain is no less the floppy disk of yesterday, who’s to say what it will take to survive. All I can do is copy down the instructions I am given, sharpen them into a knife and stab the asshole barking orders.” – BRIAN CHIPPENDALE
ARTWORK BY BRIAN CHIPPENDALE/IMAGE COURTESY CINDERS
INVITE IMAGE/BRIAN CHIPPENDALE/’FRUITING BODIES’/COURTESY CINDERS
and in BUSHWICK. . .
EASTERN DISTRICT PRESENTS: ‘INSTALLATION SIX VIDEO – SCION ART TOUR’ !!
FEATURING: DUST LA ROCK / ERIC NAKAMURA & SALELEE OH / FRENCH & ALAN GLASS AS FUNERAL FOG / ILL-STUDIO / JOSH GRAHAM / MARK MOTHERSBAUGH / MONIHAN MONIHAN / PMKFA / SAGE
also opening to-nite / 7-10 PM
the show runs thru JUNE 27, 2010
EASTERN DISTRICT
from the press release:
“Now in its 6th year, this revolutionary art tour heads for its final stop at EASTERN DISTRICT in BROOKLYN, NY.
The tour focuses on the video medium, which emerged in the 1960s and has since expanded galleries into more experimental, kinetic, and interactive spaces. ‘Installation 6: Video’ challenged 10 artists to create non-narrative video installations that will eventually transform five unique exhibitions across the country.”
and if that isn’t enough – to qualify as one of the hottest summer season beginnings – e-v-a-h !!
watch out world !! it’s the 6th ANNUAL RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR – over in McCARREN PARK !!
B-R-O-O-K-L-Y-N !!
SAT + SUN / JUNE 5 + 6 / 11am-7pm
with over 300 artists !! – craft workshops !! – & – LIVE MUSIC !!
and it’s all free / to attend !!
RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR !!
talk about – SUMMER IN THE CITY !!
end of ART SEASON, NOT !!
POSTED BY NANCY SMITH / FRI JUNE 4, 2010 11:55 AM
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